Filipino Traditions
This Christmas Decoration comes in the shape of a big circle with a star in the middle, but you can also choose from various designs like stars and flowers. It can also be made from different materials like plastic, wire, wood, or even recyclable materials.
This plant that westerners brought over from Europe, was also used to spruce up homes during the holidays. It was often hung in doorways as part of a tradition that allowed men to kiss any woman who stood beneath it.
What is Misletoe?
This New Years tradition make people believe that it will make you taller.
What is jumping at midnight?
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Sweet-style noodles with cut-up hotdogs and ground beef. Smothered in a sauce made from banana ketchup, sugar, and tomato paste
What is Pinoy-style spaghetti?
The place where Jesus was born
What is Bethlehem?
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Regular Sunday masses follow a routine, but everything is extra special on Christmas. The Christmas mass that most Filipinos attend. It differs from regular Sunday mass. It’s a celebration that includes lighting candles, projector displays, and sometimes a re-enactment of the story of how baby Jesus was born
What is Misa de Gallo?
This holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide. It was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it has evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities, with many people choosing to shop for deal
If you complete the Simbang Gabi for 9 days, what will happen?
You can make a wish and it is believed that it will come true
Similar to creme caramel in western countries, this desert is made with cooked condensed milk and caramel, and served cool.
What is Leche flan?
Number of wise men
What is 3?
This Filipino traditions wake up at midnight to welcome Christmas day with lavish feast of traditional Filipino Christmas dishes like lechon, queso de bola, hamon, spaghetti, and fruit salad.
What is Noche Buena?
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This Toronto yearly tradition holds the record as the longest-standing children's event and which has jolly St. Nick walking across town for more than a century; the event, which attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators every year.
What is the Toronto's Santa Claus Parade?
What do you call a traditional bowl that is filled with objects for Media Noche and is believed to bring good fortune?
Money Bowl or Prosperity Bowl
The purple-coloured dessert is made with steamed glutinous rice and cooked in a bamboo pole. Warm butter, grated coconut, and brown sugar are spooned on top, and the whole pudding is wrapped in banana leaves.
What is Puto bumbong?
This holiday tradition started as an accident
What is hanging a stocking ontop of a fire place?
This Filipino singer-songwriter is known for his Christmas music such as Christmas in Our Hearts, A Perfect Christmas snd Let’s Sing Merry Christmas
Who is Jose Mari Chan?
This type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.
What is an advent calendar?
This Spanish traditions, becoming viral on Tiktok, is believed to bring good luck in love
What is the twelve grapes of luck?
A sweet and sticky coconut rice cake often served by street vendors around Christmas time. It's cooked in a clay pot and eaten in your hands.
What is Bibingka?
This Catholic decoration is a recount of the birth of Christ and his adoration, which is narrated in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew.
What is the nativity scene?
The whole Christmas season in the Philippines is finished off with another big feast. Held on January 6 or the first Sunday in January, it celebrates the three wise men who travel to see Jesus in the manger.
What is the Feast of the Three Kings?
This soda company was the first to use Santa Claus in an advertisement.
What is Coca-Cola?
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This filipino tradition bring good fortune and prosperity in the coming year.
What is displaying 12 round fruits on the dining table?
A very sweet fruit salad made with shredded coconut, various fruits, jelly, sweets, tapioca, and sugar palm, and topped with condensed milk and cream
What is Buko Salad?
The year where the first advent wreath was introduce in Denmark
What is the year 1940?
This many rounds of food is made for Media Noche.
What is 12 round?
This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
What is the Elf on a Shelf?
What do the Irish believe when someone has passed on Christmas day?
Those who die then go straight to Heaven.
This Filipino Dish is staple at major Filipino celebrations, such as weddings, birthdays, and festivals. It's often served as a buffet in Filipino restaurants.
What is lechon baboy?
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This song was the most recorded Christmas song ever with over 733 recorded versions since 1978.
What is "Silent night"?